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====== SAR Search Patterns ======

Search & Rescue utility that generates a GPX file for OpenCPN or Google Earth.\\
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Search Pattern:

  * Expanding Square
  * Sector Search
  * Parallel Search for one ship
  * Parallel Search for two ships

 \\ Orientation as an input to takes into account tide, wind and drift. \\ Number of legs and its length may be configurable. \\ 
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 \\ Free software to create the GPX file that serves as an input to OpenCPN is available at [[http://sites.google.com/site/navigationalalgorithms/|http://sites.google.com/site/navigationalalgorithms/]] (Only for Windows®)
